Warm, not wagging

8/6/13 3:17 PM EDT

PHOENIX — Among the people who greeted President Barack Obama on his arrival at the airport here Tuesday was Gov. Jan Brewer, the Republican who's often been at odds with the administration over immigration laws — and just about everything else. Unlike in January 2012, though, when she greeted Obama with a finger wagging, this time, they shared a warm — and long, for the tarmac — conversation.